Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Spider's Web (1926)

The Spider's Web poster
Directed by
Oscar Micheaux

How it feels

A woman from Harlem goes to a small Mississippi town. She faces unwanted romantic attention from a man. She goes back to Harlem.

melodramatictensedatedstylizedsuspensefulsocially conscious

What happens

The Spider's Web is a 1926 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux which stars Evelyn Preer. It was remade in 1932 as The Girl from Chicago. The film is about a beautiful young woman from Harlem in New York City who travels to a small town in Mississippi where she receives unwelcome courting. She returns to Harlem. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?